Yarrow Seeds
Latin Name: Achillea millefolium
 
 
If you were to have only one herb in your medicine cabinet it should be Yarrow!
This beautiful perennial, with its attractive flowers and feathery leaves, is incredibly easy to grow. A must have addition to the herbal first aid kit, Yarrow used in traditional western medicine to staunch bleeding, increase circulation, lower fevers, relieve toothaches, lower blood pressure, relieve menstrual cramps, and oh so much more.
 
Family: Asteraceae
Medicinal Actions: Diuretic, styptic, emmenagogue, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, anti-spasmodic anti-catarrhal
Planting: Direct sow seeds in Spring or Fall, dry soil, full sun